I thought about what she had just said, and then I blinked again. “I’m afraid of myself?” I repeated the comment back to her as a question. “Yes, Rowan. You fear yourself. You harbor a deep-seated fear of the things you are capable of doing.” “You mean the nightmares? The channeling? That stuff?”...
Taken in that context, finding a solitary, petite, redheaded woman amid it all presented itself as an overwhelming task. Fortunately, we knew where she had entered, and she probably had no more than a thirty-minute head start. We hoped. The thing that kept gnawing at me, however, was what she cou...
They were roughly in their early fifties although the man might have been younger or even older, I couldn’t be sure. His features were just nondescript enough to leave you wondering. They were both dressed business casual, carrying briefcases and, not surprisingly, sporting FBI ID’s. While there ...
The feminine voice issued from the doorway and was accompanied by the low whooshing sound of the door being forced quickly open. Sheathed in an authoritative tone with an underlying note of incredulity, the words glanced sharply from the tile walls, striking their targets from all sides. Those ta...
Under normal circumstances I would have preferred Scotch to bourbon, but obviously, the word “normal” wasn’t something that one would readily apply to what had just transpired. At this particular point I wasn’t about to argue, and since Tennessee whiskey was what Doctor Sanders had hidden away in...
I instantly began to wonder if revealing that particular fact had been wise. Of course, the decision had to have been made subconsciously because it had never been my intention to take the conversation down this dark alley at all. But, here we were and there was no backing up. All I could do abou...
Annalise asked aloud. “It is not for you to ask…” Miranda told her. “But, I’ve had this all my life.” “And, that is why you must use it now…” “But…” “Do not argue, Annalise… Do as you have been told…” Annalise stared at the necklace in her hand. It was a small half-coin suspended from a delicate ...
She pressed forward quickly, moving on automatic pilot as she jogged to her left and hooked through the archway. She played the beam of the flashlight around the room, but the child was nowhere to be seen. Directly ahead, the front door of the house was halfway open, allowing more light from the ...
He remained silent and distant as we drove about, completing the tasks, keeping his eyes glued to the road before him and saying only as much as necessary. I didn’t like seeing him like this, but I knew I could only wait until he was ready to talk, for anything else would only drive him further i...
Like right now. I was just beginning to drift off when a noise struck my ears. In that netherworld between sleep and wakefulness, it seemed like a megaphone was pressed up against the side of my head. I felt myself jump as my muscles tensed, and of course, that immediately brought the headache I’...